Economist (m/f)

Duties

• To analyze and conduct research on the global and domestic macro economic environment and financial markets to assist in developing an economic and financial markets outlook that serves as a strategic input into strategy formulation, budgeting, scenario analysis, portfolio and risk management
• Developing the economic and financial markets outlook that serves as input into business strategy formulation, budgeting, scenario analysis, portfolio and risk management. The development and maintenance of the macro econometric model. The writing, editing and publication of macro economic analysis. Presenting the Macro outlook at relevant forums
• Build and sustain collaborative working relationships with relevant peers and stakeholders in order to achieve productivity synergies
• To be regarded as the leading market analytics team in Namibia, and to utilize this reputation for below the line marketing purposes
• Provide specialist advice and support with presentations to Segments and senior management on economical viable conditions
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the global and local macro economy of a political, economic and financial nature and their respective impact by continuously analyzing of the Namibian Economic and Banking industry and reporting thereon, including periodic short commentary on relevant news or events in the banking industry
• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies impacting the FNB Economical Environment, to identify and manage risk exposure liability and keeping abreast of regulation & industry developments to advise and guide on key compliance risk issues; enabling informed decision making
• Forecast, analyze and document economic conditions affecting industry and/or business groups of FNB and provide recommendations for strategic decisions on findings from economical and global market analyses
• Integrate business information, compare, analyze & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes by generating quarterly written overviews of the Namibian Banking Industry
• Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organizational knowledge improvement

Requisites

• Minimum qualification: Honours Degree in Economics/Econometrics or Finance; CFA will be an advantage
• Minimum years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years experience working in an economic research and financial markets analysis capacity

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted